‘We are one family’: PM Carney invites Modi to Canada as Anand pushes back on foreign interference assessment
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“We are one family,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney, standing beside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, in a major development to reset relations that included an invitation for Modi to come to Canada.
Carney’s office said Modi accepted the invitation, but there is no timeline for a visit.
Shortly after, and for the first time after being asked a number of times earlier in the trip, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand pushed back on comments last week from a Canadian government official suggesting India was no longer actively involved in foreign interference or transnational regression.
“The words of the senior official are not words that I personally would use. I agree with his comments relating to the guardrails that we have in place,” Anand said.
In the wake of the comments Wednesday, there has been serious pushback from Canada’s Sikh community, intelligence community and some Liberal MPs, including Secretary of State (Combatting Crime) Ruby Sahota.
A federal government press release includes one line about transnational repression. The release noted that during his meeting with Modi, Carney “underscored that Canada will continue to take measures to combat” transnational repression, but no further details were included.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and that Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab neighbours will continue. His first statement since his appointment was read on state television Thursday by a news anchor.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canada deepens ties with Nordic countries.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says the threat level in Canada from Iran or its proxies has not changed since the war in Iran began nearly two weeks ago, while adding that threat-related activities are “likely to continue.”
Ottawa is letting an unnamed automaker import a higher quota of U.S.-made vehicles without tariffs because the company is selling and making more cars in Canada than first expected.
World shares tumbled on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than 5%, after oil prices spiked at nearly $120 a barrel, casting a shadow over economies heavily dependent on imports of oil and gas from the Middle East.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday the date for three upcoming byelections.
The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.
Scott Moe says Canada needs to separate its trade talks from its national security concerns when dealing with certain countries if it is serious about diversifying trading partners beyond the United States.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Japan on the final stop of a 10-day trip that also included Australia and India.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Japan on the final stop of a 10-day trip that also included Australia and India.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Japan on the final stop of a 10-day trip that also included Australia and India.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Japan on the final stop of a 10-day trip that also included Australia and India.
As Iran continued to exchange airstrikes with Israel and U.S. bases on Thursday, Canada’s top military commander said its Armed Forces are in talks to possibly help defend Persian Gulf states against bombing from Iran.